Comparing the ratio of people killed on each side misses the point. Israel’s invasion of Gaza isn’t an act of retribution. The aim of the invasion is to wipe out the organization that carried out the Oct 7 attack, and to remove Gaza as a base for them to carry out further attacks. Morality aside, it’s in their interests to show some restraint in how they invade and occupy Gaza. Israel can’t completely disregard global opinion (or at least American opinion). But they are at war with the government of Hamas. Actual, full-on war.
The U.S. didn’t have a formula for how many civilian casualties Japan had to sustain before the bill for Pearl Harbour was paid. Their war aim was to utterly destroy the regime that rules Japan and its capacity to carry out aggression. To Israelis, this is that kind of war.
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